What do you think of Galway’s Streets and Public Spaces?
A pop-up public consultation event will be held at the Galway Continental Christmas Market on Friday 30^th November (3pm to 8pm) and Saturday 1^st December (10am to 2pm) to hear views on streets and public spaces in the city.

The event will inform the preparation of the Galway City Council Public Realm Strategy.

Westside Christmas Market
The date for the ever-popular Westside Christmas Market has been announced. The market will take place on Thursday 6th from 10:30am until 3:00pm. All are welcome to attend the activities taking place in Westside Resource Centre and Westside Public Library on the day.

Project Ceannt
Project Ceannt is a major development in the heart of Galway City and is implementing a consultation process. See below for an invitation from the project.

In Phase 1 of the Public Consultation process, we received over 500 engagements and 100’s of helpful suggestions from the Public, through our survey process on the Project Ceannt website. In addition, we have conducted over 2,000 interviews across Galway City and County which have provided us with critical information that will help make Project Ceannt a success.

I am delighted to tell you that we are now in a position to launch Phase 2 of the Project and to that end, we now invite you, and some of your members, to meet the Project Ceannt team and participate in the future Masterplanning of Project Ceannt.

Date:              Friday 7th December
Venue:           Tribeton, 1-3 Merchant Road, Galway
Time:              09.00 – 13.00

Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy

The Northern and Western Regional Assembly has prepared a Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy, following significant engagement and consultations over this previous 12 months. This includes the formal Pre-Draft RSES consultation that took place between November 2017 and February 2018. 124 written Submissions were received during that consultation process and were considered in the Directors Report to the Assembly Meeting in April, 2018. These consultations have helped shape the preparation of the Draft RSES.

The objective of the RSES is to support the implementation of the National Planning Framework – Ireland 2040 and the economic policies and objectives of the Government by providing a long-term planning and economic framework which shall be consistent with the NPF and the economic policies or objectives of the Government.

The Draft RSES has now been prepared, and it has been informed by an Environmental Report that has been prepared in accordance with the SEA Directive and the Planning and Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations S.I. No. 436/2004 (as amended), accompanied by a Regional Flood Risk Appraisal Report. A Natura Impact Report (to inform the Appropriate Assessment) has also been prepared in accordance with Article 6 of the Habitats Directive.

Written submissions or observations with respect to the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy and the accompanying reports may be made between 19^th November 2018 and 5pm on 8^th February 2019 (both dates inclusive).

The GCCN Environmental Linkage Group will be making a submission. Email comments to info@galwaycitycommunitynetwork.ie

Galway Outer Ring Road

The planning application for the N6 Galway City Ring Road (GCRR) has been finalised and  submitted to An Bord Pleanála.

The statutory process is now in play and submissions on the Galway Outer Ring Road can be made by December 21st to An Bord Pleanála up until December 21st. An oral hearing is expected to take place next year.

Planning Strategic Policy Committee
A meeting of the Planning Strategic Policy Committee will take place on December 4th. The agenda and minutes are below.

Derrick Hambleton and Shane Foran are the GCCN representatives on Planning SPC.

Interested in the issues? Join the Environmental Linkage Group by emailing info@galwaycitycommunitynetwork.ie